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GlendaleHighSchool

GlendaleHighSchoolGrade10LiteracyTest(OSSLT)TestDay

GlendaleHighSchool TestDay
37GlendaleDr.
TillsonburgN4G1J6
Tel.5198424207
Fax5198424551
glendale@tvdsb.on.ca
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SchoolConnectsSafeArrival Where do you write?
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In your first period grade 10 class . If you are not a grade 10 OR you are a grade
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StudentPlanners 10 who's not in a grade 10 class first period, you will be contacted regarding your
GlendaleSafe&Healthy location to write the test.
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Participants in the OSSLT may include:
Busing
Grade10LiteracyTest Students who entered Grade 9 last year.
(OSSLT) Students who have not yet passed the test.
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Students who were absent or deferred for the OSSLT last year.
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OSSLT:Linksand Students who moved to Ontario and who are working toward an OSSD.
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The conditions of the test administration include a time limit as well as limited
ParentInvolvement access to the test booklets. Students work on one booklet at a time and must
TeacherWebsites place a security seal on each booklet as it is completed and handed in. There are
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Library
two booklets with 1.5 hours given for each booklet. It is important that students
ExtraCurricular realize that there is one major Writing task (news article based on a photograph
Calendar and a supported opinion essay) in each booklet so it is important that students
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budget their time to leave 20 to 30 minutes for that Writing task.
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SchoolNews Common Mistakes to Avoid
SeekingPublicInput The biggest stumbling block to success is failure to read and follow the
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instructions carefully.
Grade8Student&Parent
Information If you are asked to write three paragraphs, do not writetwo, or one. Writethree
40hoursCommunity paragraphs -- no more, no less.If you are asked to look at a photograph and write
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a news report, do not write an opinion piece. Do what you are asked to do. Follow
SafeSchools the instructions!
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The next most common mistake? ... failing to budget your time!
Be sure to leave 20 to 30 minutes for that Writing Task that is in each booklet!
Buy or borrow a watch ... and use it. The supervisors are instructed to warn you
when there are only 15 minutes remaining.

Punctuality and Attendance

Students who are late will be permitted to write both test booklets. However the
instructions will not be repeated and students will not be granted extra time to
compensate for their late arrival. If students arriveafterthe break when Booklet
One has been completed, they will be allowed to write Booklet Twoonly.

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